Parkway railway stations are found scattered all over England and Wales
and play an important role in Britain's railway network with their
emphasis on the 'park and ride' model of keeping cars out of our town
centres and off our motorways - demonstrating that it really is quicker
and easier by train. Bristol Parkway, opened in 1972, was the first of
this new breed and is now the busiest of all Parkway railway stations
having doubled in size since it first opened. Since then another 20 have
opened, some as newly built stations, some at existing stations. Author
Mark Chatterton has visited them all and in this unique book profiles
each one, focusing on its location, its facilities and its history.